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Still, as McCoy notes, there is "a very deeply ingrained sentiment--almost a conditioned reflex--in society that we do owe something to the victims of discrimination, and to the heirs of the victims as well." Regardless of any decrees handed down by Supreme Court Justices or Cabinet officers, affirmative action has permeated personnel offices and public bureaucracies. It may be difficult to frame precise formulas to cure past discrimination without discriminating anew. Yet many employers have begun to feel their way to a commonsense approach, trying to hire and promote minorities and women wherever possible without discriminating against white...
...including Gromyko, are just now more belligerent and hypersensitive than usual. Not only has the Kremlin suffered serious setbacks, internationally and internally, in recent years, but it is still beleaguered by a transition in leadership. A hard, aggressive response and tight cohesion among themselves are the traditional Soviet defensive reflex whenever the leaders feel that the West might think them vulnerable...
...Americans, the moment was powerfully emblematic. Why were they cheering? What were they cheering? When television news played scenes of the torch's progress across the landscape, something in the soul of the audience cheered as well. A kind of emotional reflex. Something both sentimental and profound welled up. What did people see in the scene...
...Foster Winans was admirable [ECONOMY & BUSINESS, April 16]. However, the attempt by the Securities and Exchange Commission to police leaks based on insider information is as futile as patrolling extramarital sex. Loose talk cannot be inhibited by bureaucratic regulations, nor can the "What's in it for me" reflex be controlled...
Koch's trademark "How'm I doing?" springs from the mayor's lips like a reflex action, and the mayor attacks issues the same way Joan Rivers might attack a joke-"Can we talk...